Ex-Scorpions guitarist Uli Jon Roth is currently on a World Tour celebrating his 50th anniversary in music. He’s been tearing it up not only with The Scorpions but also with Electric Sun and solo. He is also the founder of Sky Academy and inventor of the Sky Guitar.

Prior to my interview with him last week, I decided to dig into the Tokyo Tapes Revisited. Personally, I loved his performances from that show. Every chance he gets, he tries to incorporate some Jimi Hendrix into his show. His performances of “All Along The Watchtower” and “Little Wing” were phenomenal.

In my interview with Uli, we time-travel back to how things got started with his career in music, talk about his transition from The Scorpions to Electric Sun and much much more.

“You’re the Man” is a posthumous album by Marvin Gaye that was just released on March 29th, 2019. Originally, this album was intended to follow-up Gaye’s timeless album “What’s Going On” and be released in 1972. As we pass April 2nd which would have been Gaye’s 80th birthday, we have the privilege to celebrate it with this new fantastic release.

One reason this album was never released is because of the reception of the title song. In addition to that, Gaye’s political views were very different from Motown founder Berry Gordy. So, the decision was made the cancel the release and is why it is considered a “lost” album.

It’s hard to think about it being 25 years since the tragic death of Nirvana’s lead singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain. His legacy has surpassed his 4-year career (1990-1994) by decades. He ends up becoming an icon of his generation much like Jimi Hendrix, Michael Jackson or even Elvis Presley.

On this day in music history in 2016, David Bowie released his twenty-fifth and final studio album Blackstar.

The album coincided with his 69th birthday and just two days before his unfortunate death. It ended up becoming his first and only album ever to reach No.1 on the Billboard 200 album chart in the United States.